Rudersberg

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Rudersberg
Coordinates: 48°53′08″N09°31′41″E / 48.88556°N 9.52806°E / 48.88556; 9.52806 Coordinates: 48°53′08″N09°31′41″E / 48.88556°N 9.52806°E / 48.88556; 9.52806
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Rems-Murr-Kreis
Government
   Mayor Martin Kaufmann (SPD)
Area
  Total 39.37 km2 (15.20 sq mi)
Elevation 279 m (915 ft)
Population (2015-12-31) [1]
  Total 11,179
  Density 280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 73635
Dialling codes 07183
Vehicle registration WN
Website www.rudersberg.de

Rudersberg is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 10 km southeast of Backnang, and 28 km northeast of Stuttgart.

Baden-Württemberg State in Germany

Baden-Württemberg is a state in southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the border with France. It is Germany’s third-largest state, with an area of 35,751 km2 (13,804 sq mi) and 11 million inhabitants. Baden-Württemberg is a parliamentary republic and partly sovereign, federated state which was formed in 1952 by a merger of the states of Württemberg-Baden, Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Karlsruhe and Mannheim. Other cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Reutlingen and Ulm.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Backnang Place in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Backnang is a town in Germany in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, roughly 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Stuttgart. Its population has increased greatly over the past century, from 7,650 in 1900 to 35,761 in 2005.

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The local motocross club MSC Wieslauftal operates a track near Rudersberg which has in the past been used for Sidecarcross World Championship races. [2] The race has been the final round of the calendar since 2005 and will do so again in 2010, on 12 September. [3]

The Sidecar Motocross World Championship is an annual event, first held in 1980. It is organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Before 1980, a European competition was held from 1971 onwards.

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